Re: Sure sounds profitable for a non profit

The view from on top is:

Authors do less than 10% of the work. The rest of their success can only be attributable to marketing, middle management and endcap placement. Innate talent is negligible and it is hoped that with further effort by marketing and middle management (especially middle management), it should be eliminated altogether within 5-10 years.

Besides, don't ebooks write themselves? That's what I've been hearing from the Real Authors, who still use good old fashioned typewriters, whiteout and absinthe to craft their literary gems.

Re: Re: Re: The view from on top is:

Well, I know I can sleep tonight knowing that that whatever it is they do for authors, they're administrating the Hell out of it.

There's nothing better than receiving 75p in the mail and knowing it's been checked, cleaned, checked again, cleaned in preparation for checking, checked in preparation for cleaning, cleaned and checked again for proper conformance with cleaning regulations.

Re: Obligatory trolling

King you say?

King Arthur: I am your king.
Peasant Woman: Well, I didn't vote for you.
King Arthur: You don't vote for kings.
Peasant Woman: Well, how'd you become king, then?
[Angelic music plays... ]
King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king.
Dennis the Peasant: Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Arthur: Be quiet!
Dennis the Peasant: You can't expect to wield supreme power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

Re: Re: Obligatory trolling

The real question

What is happening to the other $22 million? Not to admin, not to authors...must be publishers and middle men who are becoming less and less relevant by the day. So again, who does Access Copyright really represent?